Quotes About Adaptability

Sometimes the person everyone is afraid of alarming or offending has a slightly less fixed idea about what sort of person they are, and they're neither alarmed nor offended. Unaware that others have carved their likes and dislikes in the psychological equivalent of stone, they dare to make exceptions to their own rules in a way that their nearest and dearest might not.

When you dig a hole, be smarter than the shovel.

For ten years Caesar ruled with an iron hand. Then with a wooden foot, and finally with a piece of string.

Life works on strange laws of nature (Karma). One never knows when a friend turns enemy & vice-versa. Rely on your Self; self-reliance

Darwin: "It is not the strongest of the species that survives…nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.

I came to believe that a leader isn't good because they're right; they're good because they're willing to learn and to trust.

Jason (Elam, a Christian) is the kid in high school who gets along equally well with the jocks, the brains, the geeks, and the slackers, and influences their behavior.

Two suitcases, in one the wardrobe, the earthly essentials, in the other- manuscripts, the spiritual supplies, then you are at home everywhere-Zweig GW Tagebuecher p. 383

All we can do is make the best decisions we can with the best information we have at that time and place. And learn how to rebound, reinvent, and regroup. Remember—people who seem to move through life with confidence aren't confident about the outcome of a decision; they're confident that they can deal with the outcome, good or bad.

Some people were like rubber bands--willing to stretch but eager to snap back into place at the first opportunity.

People who seem to move through life with confidence aren't confident about the outcome of a decision; they're confident that they can deal with the outcome, good or bad.

A relationship doesn't work until you accept that it may break up tomorrow, and if it does you'll be all right.

All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.

The true worth of an experimenter consists in his pursuing not only what he seeks in his experiment, but also what he did not seek.

The Four Rules of Life: 1. Show Up 2. Pay Attention 3.Tell the Truth 4. Don't be upset at the results.

Be prepared for truth at all hours and in the most fantastic disguises. This is the only safety.

What is truth? I think stating a truth could be dangerous, because we are locking something in and therefore making it harder for ourselves to change beyond that certain thought or concept.

I go with the most interesting thing that comes my way,I don't expect it to come from India to tell you the truth, but if it did, fine by me.

Only when you give up being consistent will you find the truth! Inconsistency makes you free to discover other roads.

Set patterns, incapable of adaptability, of pliability, only offer a better cage. Truth is outside of all patterns.

Those who think only in straight lines cannot see around a curve.

A leader is firm enough to be responsive to changes.

Truth for him was a moving target he never aimed for the bull and rarely pierced the outer ring.

To achieve authentic, sustained happiness, above all else you need to be in charge of your life, to be in control of who you want to be, and be able to make the appropriate changes if you are not.